The Exposure Therapy of “A Private Life” The Exposure Therapy of “A Private Life”
In her new film, Jodie Foster transforms into a therapist-detective.
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Lovia Gyarkye
The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries The Ghosts of Colonialism Haunt Our Batteries
With its cobalt and lithium mines, Congo is powering a new energy revolution. It contains both the worst horrors of modern metal extraction—and the seeds of a more moral economics...
Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Nicolas Niarchos
What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe” What the Pro-Choice Movement Can Learn From Those Who Overturned “Roe”
The anti-abortion movement was methodical and radical at the same time. The abortion-rights movement must be too.
Feb 10, 2026 / Amy Littlefield
The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon The Riotous Worlds of Thomas Pynchon
From “The Crying Lot of 49” to his latest noirs, the American novelist has always proceeded along a track strangely parallel to our own.
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
The Real Harm of Deepfakes The Real Harm of Deepfakes
AI porn is what happens when technology liberates misogyny from social constraints.
Feb 10, 2026 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How Heidi Reichinnek Saved Germany’s Left How Heidi Reichinnek Saved Germany’s Left
The co-leader of Die Linke helped rescue the party and make it into a political force. But can she beat back Germany’s ascendant far right?
Feb 10, 2026 / Feature / Carol Schaeffer
How to Build a Moon Garden When the News Is All Horror How to Build a Moon Garden When the News Is All Horror
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Aimee Nezhukumatathil
The Repeating History of US Intervention in Venezuela The Repeating History of US Intervention in Venezuela
A look back at The Nation’s 130 years of articles about Venezuela reveals that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Feb 10, 2026 / Column / Richard Kreitner
How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World How Capitalism Transformed the Natural World
In her new book, Alyssa Battistoni explores how nature came to be treated as a supposedly cost-free supplement of capital accumulation.
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Kohei Saito
Rome, take your amethyst back Rome, take your amethyst back
Feb 10, 2026 / Books & the Arts / Ricardo Maldonado